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In 1895, Italian inventor Gulglielmo Marconi developed the idea of inventing the first radio. The idea quickly took action when he sent a Morse code to a source more than a kilo meter away.
(https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1890-1930/#:~:text=Italian%20inventor%20Guglielmo%20Marconi%20(pictured,more%20than%20a%20kilometer%20away.) -
Fitzgerald was born on September 24th 1896, in St Paul, Minnesota.
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In 1901, the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was shot while shaking hands with the public. Mr. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt then became the 26th president after the assassination.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley#:~:text=William%20McKinley%2C%20the%2025th%20president,him%20twice%20in%20the%20abdomen.) -
In 1902, The first modern air conditioning was invented by Willis Haviland Carrier. He was a skilled engineer who began experimenting with laws of humidity control.
(https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/global-cooling-the-history-of-air-conditioning#:~:text=The%20first%20modern%20air%20conditioner,printing%20plant%20in%20Brooklyn%2C%20NY.) -
In December of 1903, the first powered aircraft was invented by a pair of brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright. (https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/#:~:text=On%20December%2017%2C%201903%2C%20Wilbur,invented%20the%20first%20successful%20airplane.) -
In 1913, the first electric refrigerator was invented successfully by Fred W. Wolf Jr., a charter member of the American Society of Refrigerator Engineers.
(https://www.ashrae.org/about/mission-and-vision/ashrae-industry-history/domelre-first-electric-refrigerator#:~:text=The%20DOMELRE%20was%20the%20first,American%20Society%20of%20Refrigerating%20Engineers.) -
In 1913, Fitzgerald accomplished getting accepted into an Ivy League school. The school's name is Princeton University and his graduating class was 1917. (https://www.scottandzelda.com/timeline/#slide-1) -
In 1914, Mother's Day was made into an official holiday. This holiday is designated to honor mothers.
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In 1914, World War 1 started and went on until November of 1918. This war killed over 17 million people and 100,000 American troops.
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After trying out college at Princeton, Fitzgerald decided to drop out and join the military instead. Where in 1918 he got stationed at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama as a second luten.
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In 1918, Fitzgerald met a woman named Zelda at a country club. A year later in 1919, Fitzgerald get discharged from the military in hopes of marrying Zelda. (https://www.scottandzelda.com/timeline/#slide-4) -
A week before Fitzgerald and Zelda's wedding, Fitzgerald released his first novel. This novel named "The Side of Paradise" was considered to be the best novel of the decade, meaning it was a great success.
(https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/september-24/#:~:text=Scribner's%20sons%2C%201925.,fulfillment%20in%20love%20and%20career.) -
In 1920, women achieved the goal of being treated equally and gained the right to vote. This law became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest.) -
On October 26, 1921, Fitzgerald and Zelda have their first daughter who they named Frances Scott Fitzgerald and nicknamed Scottie Fitzgerald.
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On April of 1922, Fitzgerald's first novel was made into a movie called the Beautiful and the Damned.
(https://prezi.com/egps1mlvmp_q/f-scott-fitzgerald-timeline/) -
On April 10, 1925, Fitzgerald published the famous Great Gatsby book 5 years after he published his first novel. The book was a sensational hit and still is being read to this day.
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The television was invented in 1927 by Philo Farnsworth. It was invented in San Francisco California where Philo Farnsworth at the age of 15 started coming up with ideas for it.
(https://www.knowitall.org/document/television-invention-kids-work#:~:text=Philo%20Farnsworth%20successfully%20demonstrated%20electronic,that%20electronic%20television%20could%20work.) -
In September of 1939, World War 2 broke out due to Poland invading Germany. This war lasted until 1945.
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On December 21, 1940, Fitzgerald suddenly passed away due to a heart attack at the age of 44.
(https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/24/specials/fitzgerald-obit.html) -
Fitzgerald published his last book in 1941 which was unfinished due to his death in 1040. The book was called The Love of The Last Tycoon which was based on a true story. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Last-Tycoon-novel-by-Fitzgerald) -
In 1954, the first organ transplant took place in Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston, MA. The organ in which was successfully transplanted was a kidney.
(https://unos.org/transplant/history/#:~:text=The%20beginning-,In%201954%2C%20the%20kidney%20was%20the%20first%20human%20organ%20to,were%20begun%20in%20the%201980s.) -
In 1955, the Vietnam War broke out due to a conflict which occurred in Vietnam. The war was between North and South Vietnam.
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In 1955, Rosa Parks stands up for the black citizens by refusing to give up her seat to a white man. This caused the black citizens to rebel and started protesting for their rights.
(https://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/rosa_parks.htm#:~:text=Called%20%22the%20mother%20of%20the,Boycott%20by%2017%2C000%20black%20citizens.) -
In 1968, the first typewriter was invented in the US by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule.
(https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/march/typewriter-production-began#:~:text=In%20the%20U.S.%2C%20one%20of,patent%20in%201878%20US%20207%2C559%20).) -
In 1969, Apollo 11 made a successful landing on the Moon which was the biggest accomplishment for the US in the history of space exploration.
(https://airandspace.si.edu/learn/highlighted-topics-/apollo)